The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-06-23

ilSIl, Us tiiC HUT Vi many years )ldC-
teal experience, his first extended ar
ticle in that field, under the title, "Tht
Physical Proportions of the Typical
Man" In it Professor Sargent will
give a standard of physical measure
ment, based on the measurements OF
10, 900 individuals. This furnishes a
basis of comparison by which any per
son can gauge his proportions with
those of the typical man. The article
will contain charts for this purpose,
founded on these observations.
Messrs. Roberts Brothers, the Boston
publishers, have added to their popu-
lar - No Name Series" a Florida nO
name novel, bearing the somewhat
unique title, Crarku Zee. The hero
was born and bred pore white folks,
yet by his energy, pluck and shrewd-
ness, he acquired standing Of honor
and respect, and the reputation Of
being the richest land owner in the
Gland Of flowers.' He sells one of
his old cottages to Mr.. Alnsley, a
Northern gentleman, broken down in
health and fortune, who moves South
with his family. Hermit George, a
kindly man, whose life is yelled by a
mystery, once owned the lands now
held by " Cracker joe Mrs. Beck,
one of the ncighbors, had the mean
ness of four average men, supported
by her chronic weakness for borrowing
| have no doubt that this volume will
have a ego"
The progress made in educating the
negroes of the South will be set forth
in the american Magazine for July.
The Rev. S. w. Culver, President of
Bishop College, Texas, describes the
methods of instruction and the meas
ure of success attained. In same
number, Miss Edna Dean Proctor will
offer a poets tribute to "The Lady of
the White House
1t seems that Miss Murlree, the au-
thor Of the Tennessee Mountain Stories,
is not engaged to be married to any
body, as is reported. A Boston pub
Usher asked her the other day whether
the rumor of her engagement was true
or not. She said very gravely that it
was. And his name?" "Charles
Egbert CraddoCk," which means that
Miss Murfrce is to continue welded to
her n0Hz Ht plume and her art.
No one attempts to deny that Mr.
Sydney Luaka is a writer of undoubted
power, but to our mind that power has
as yet been greater in its fulilment.
We ali look to a noble future for Mr.
Luska, unless sudden success turns his
head or too rapid production saps
his powers. At present we all recog-
nize that his best moments are his ner-
vous intense ones, when some emotion
has completely overmastered him when
the m0tLf Of his story has, as it were.
become materialized into an irresisti-
bic power, like tangible presence, that
waves its spell about him and rocks
and sways him as tree that is tossed
in the tempest. The effect Of all of
this on ourselves is irresistible we are
swept on even as he himself is swept
But in his Calmer moments, those in
which he handles his subject and
ceases to be controlled by it, he fails
to move us. The impression he then
produces is one Of uncertainty, as
though hjs,o grasp were a faltering
one. He lacks the self-possession of
the artist, the power to perfectly adjust
his details. He is too prodigal with
his matter, yet not ready enough to be
wasteful to sacrifice an idea that has
once pleased him. He lacks the
patience and the taking pains OF
the workman loving the rerfectness of
his work. Still, when all this has been
said, we feel that anything in the way
of adverse criticism of Mr. Luska 5
work must, after all. be overbaianced
by what one is ready to yield as tribute
to his undoubted powers. His faults
are those of haste and inexperience,
ones which time, we are sure, will
eradicate.
OF the Hebrew population of New
York no one, it is said, knows more
than. Mr.. Luska, and in "The Yoke OF
the 1horah' (Cassell & Co.. he has
given us a picture at once subtle.
strong and sweeping. He has taken
as his theme the Hebrew prejudice
against marriage with Christian
But prejudice is by no means the word
We should have used here except as we
regard from our peculiar standpoint
the Jewish attitude on the subject.
10 the Hebrews such a marriage is q
sin, the ike of which we do not reckon
in our category-a sin dire and dread
full IN its consequences, to be visited
by the wrath OF God, by curses to the
body and soul, by evils of kind be
fore which the human mind must stag
ger and faint. Wrapped, as many OF
Us have been, in our profpund igno-
rance of the thoughts, feelings and
prejudices OF the Jews living in oul
very midst, yet with whom we jostle
elbows every day, regarding them, as
too many OF Us have been apt 10 do
with sort of lofty condescension, i